Shaping Our Future Together 2017 - Talk 2 - The Slaughtered Lion

Phil Colgan speaks on 'The Slaughtered Lion' (Revelation 5) at the Shaping Our Future Together weekend in February 2017.

Outline:

• A good king these days is hard to find
• The scroll sealed with seven seals (v1-4)
• The lion who is a lamb (v5-7)
  • Slaughtered
  • Seven horns
  • Seven eyes
• Gold bowls in heaven (v8)
  • The power of prayer
• The glory of the slaughtered lamb (v9-14)
  • Redemption from sin
  • A new identity: Kings and priests
  • 1 Corinthians 2:2 - I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
• How do we glorify God
  • Proclaim Christ crucified
  • In our weakness